When the high-pitched sounds of the August continuocirculated like breezes through the immovable heat,time was a single leaf drifting upwards, then down.
Paul Kane is a columnist at The Washington Post. He has covered Congress since 2000, focusing on topics such as elections, government, and public policy, while also writing about the interactions between Congress and the White House. Kane's work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Boston Globe and The Seattle Times, and he has been part of Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting teams.











